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Cruising the cul de sac.

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[–] qbus 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

They are a real beauty that only a mother could love

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] qbus 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Turkey This guy was hanging out on my patio for a while a few weeks ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nice picture.

FYI that is almost certainly a hen.

[–] qbus 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is a hen. It was a generic guy... Sorry ladies

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Lol, great picture either way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This gave me flashbacks of being chased by an angry turkey when I was in elementary school.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Amazing how fast they are.

That's how I feel about geese.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

What a beautiful country.

[–] xc2215x 3 points 7 months ago

A nice turkey here.

[–] nonprofitparrot 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Where are you? I wish we got turkeys in my cul-de-sac!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

No you don't. They block traffic, scratch cars, damage houses, and make an ungodly mess. We have gangs of them roving Eugene, Oregon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Southern New England suburbs. They really are something to see

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That ain't no jive turkey.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Hey, you know what they say, see a hen to get that booty action...

[–] Anticorp 2 points 5 months ago

Awe man! I sure envy you living where turkeys live. We dove 5.5 hours each way to hunt turkeys this spring. They're beautiful and majestic birds, with absolutely amazing senses of sight and hearing. They seem clumsy, but they can vanish into the woods without ever appearing to hurry. They can fly 50 mph when they want to (which isn't often). The only reason we can hunt them successfully at all is because they don't have a good sense of smell. If turkeys could smell as well as deer, then nobody would ever have a successful hunt. They're sneaky ninja birds that can hide in plain sight, despite being the size of two basketballs stacked on top of each other, and weighing 30 pounds. Anyways, great shot, of a great bird!